@hex check out, “The Order: 1886”. It’s a video game, but it’s whole premise is Tesla and Knights of the Round-Table vs. Vampires in hiding. Very short lived but well told story.
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@imstilljeremy very sweet, but why the bare dog?
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🏳️🌈🖖🏽Maybe start by not holding such prejudice in your heart.
@m how is FE: Vision Quest?
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Bread and CircusesDo you know how empires win? By feeding their people bread and circuses.
I’ve been talking recently about a general strike for the climate, as have a few other activists. But if I’m being honest, that’s unlikely to happen anytime soon — because almost everyone has an excuse for why they can’t participate.
We have all grown accustomed to a *very* pleasant standard of living. Even if you might think it’s hard to get by, try comparing your situation to that of an average person in Nigeria or Pakistan or India or Ethiopia. It’s not even close.
Nearly all of us in the Global North have a nice place to live, lots of clothing, regular meals, and plenty of entertainment right at our fingertips.
So when that call comes for a general strike — for everyone to stop going to work, stop paying bills, and stop shopping — well, sure, we might say, that sounds like a great idea. We support the cause, but unfortunately we just can’t do it right now. Because… reasons.
And that’s the problem. Everyone has reasons. We’ve all grown too comfortable — which is *entirely* by design! The empire knew they had to make us “fat and lazy” (metaphorically speaking), so we wouldn’t be so likely to take a stand against them.
In the late 19th century, when union organizers called for strikes, or when anarchists in the U.S. and Europe were urging an end to capitalism, it was easier for them to get cooperation and to find supporters.
In the 1930s, when a huge number of people were underemployed and times were tough all over, going on strike or campaigning for socialism didn’t mean as much of a sacrifice as it would for most of us today.
Starting in the 1950s, however, leaders and influential thinkers in the Global North realized that the best way to stay in power and enrich themselves would be to provide plenty of cheap “bread” and diverting “circuses” to their citizens.
So far, that’s working for them just as planned.
We should not ignore the fact that the GOP is on track to nominate as its presidential candidate a man who is indicted on 78 criminal counts across multiple jurisdictions both state and federal. The GOP is broken beyond repair.
Ars TechnicaMicrosoft cloud security blasted for its “culture of toxic obfuscation”
Azure looks like a house of cards collapsing due to exploits and vulnerabilities.
@breadandcircuses 100%. That needs to be resolved by term limits, imo, as these career politicians wouldn’t have as much to gain if they were only there for 2-4-6 years. We need the dinosaurs to die off before we have any hope of establishing term limits though…people like you keep the topic revelant, however, and you inspire those that will create our future policies. Bleak as it looks now, keep fighting the good fight. Things may change because of it.
@Noricenolife 🙏 please, dear God, allow society to evolve beyond reposting memes/bold text as a reputable source of information. Amen!